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One has the task of turning round Japan’s only bankrupt city. Another is trying to rebuild a war-torn capital where electricity is a scarce luxury. They are all, however, motivated by a desire to improve the day-to-day…

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Running a successful hotel is a challenge at the best of times, let alone when set in the midst of a warzone. Monocle travels to Kabul, Tripoli and Mogadishu to visit three hotels that have strived to put hospitality first…

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What Al-Shabaab’s attack on the UN compound in Mogadishu could mean for Somalia, music writer Paul Morley discusses the culture in the north of England, and ABC News’ London correspondent Jeffrey Kofman sets the day’s news…

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With the Iran nuclear deal looking to be in peril, we establish what nations both for and against it are seeking to gain. We also get an update on the latest from Armenia, look at the feasibility of Donald Trump’s trade…

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The death toll in Egypt continues to rise as the authorities in Cairo clear the sit-ins for ousted president Mohammad Morsi - we are live in the Egyptian capital. We also assess Robert Mugabe’s desire to &quot;indigenise…

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We ask who Austria’s new leader is and analyse the terrorist atrocity that occurred in Mogadishu this weekend. Plus: we question why the media didn’t report Harvey Weinstein’s behaviour sooner and look at the continuing…

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Spain’s economic crisis has taken yet another twist; we’re in Madrid as the country’s banks prepare to strike. We also hear from Abdirashid Hashi, deputy director of Mogadishu’s first think tank: the Heritage Institute for…

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As a former radio journalist, Ahmed Abdisalam Adan has faced death threats and seen colleagues killed. Now, he is deputy prime minister in Somalia’s first functioning government since 1991. He tells Monocle about life in…

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The new president of Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, has a lot to contend with: pirates, a humanitarian disaster and deadly rivals. But is he the man to revive the failed state? We meet him in Nairobi during a round…

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There are few scheduled flights that make more than one stop these days (let alone three) but African Express is making a business and a brand operating one of the last milk runs in civil aviation. Our man in Africa straps…